browbeat
/ˈbraʊbiːt/verb
(past -beat; past participle -beaten/-ˌbiːtən/)with obj.
- intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern in abusive words对…声色俱厉地进行威胁, 吓唬：
a witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination.
一位证人正在被逼讯。
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